He retired in 1963 with then-National League records for games (3,026), at-bats (10,972) and hits (3,630), which, rather remarkably, were divided into 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road. The first to play in more than 1,000 games at two positions, the outfielder-first baseman won seven batting titles (one less than Honus Wagner's National League record) in his 22-year career, compiling a lifetime average of. Musial did - in each of his first 17 seasons. 'I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit.

Moving his hips to stay loose and with his left leg bent to support his weight as he strode to follow the pitch, Musial uncoiled like a rattlesnake, cracking line drives to all fields. 'He'd kill you,' Boston Braves pitcher Johnny Sain said, 'but he was a gentleman.'Ī lefthanded hitter who stood 5-10 and weighed 175 pounds, the gentlemanly Musial batted in an unusual crouch, with his No. Stan the Man didn't just terrorize Dodgers pitchers he battered just about all National League moundsmen. Here comes the man again here comes the man.'

As Musial strode to the plate at Ebbets Field, a fan lamented, 'Uh, oh. Stan Musial was accorded the nickname in Brooklyn, by a Flatbush faithful. Stan Musial played in a record 24 All-Star Games and hit. Louis Cardinal who was called 'The Man' - almost like it was part of his name. About half a century before Mark McGwire became The Man, there was another prominent St.

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